Global Medical Head, Weight Management (Obesity & Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic), Injectables Portfolio

About the role

This role plays a pivotal part in crafting the future of obesity and CKM care. The Global Medical Head, Obesity for our injectables portfolio provides medical leadership across the entire product lifecycle. The role leads a team of talented medical professionals, advises on Research and Development investment decisions, drives pre-launch scientific efforts, and accelerates evidence-based healthcare changes in the real world.

Responsibilities

• Provide enterprise leadership by building and leading the global CVRM BPM obesity team, partnering with key stakeholders internally and externally to deliver a coordinated medical strategy for the injectables portfolio.
• Set strategic vision and direction by developing, integrating and implementing global strategic medical plans that span early development through launch and life cycle management for SARA and GLP1/GCGR agonists.
• Drive external scientific engagement by defining and driving an ambitious engagement agenda with key external authorities, scientific societies, patient organization and health system partners to develop healthcare practice in obesity.
• Lead launch excellence, performance management and life-cycle optimization by defining clear benchmarks, identifying new opportunities in disease state understanding, and ensuring competitive, evidence-based medical plans that anticipate current and future needs.
• Develop evidence generation strategy across clinical development, real-world evidence and health economics to address unmet needs in obesity management, advise guidelines and support access decisions.
• Guide scientific communication, education and publication planning to ensure robust dissemination of data that advises clinical practice and positions AstraZeneca as a trusted scientific partner.
• Act as a key partner across Research and Development and Commercial functions to influence investment decisions, advise brand strategies and ensure alignment between scientific innovation and real-world medical practice.
• Champion cross-functional collaboration across geographies, enabling knowledge sharing, capability building and consistent execution of global medical strategies at regional and local levels.

Requirements

Sophisticated Scientific Degree (MBBS, PharmD, PhD, or MD) or equivalent education with meaningful clinical or research experience relevant to obesity or cardiometabolic disease. Minimum of 7 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, ideally in Medical Affairs, working at the country and global/regional level. Experience leading the global CVRM BPM obesity team, partnering with key collaborators internally and externally. Experience with the development, integration, and implementation of strategic medical plans at a global level. Experience driving an ambitious external engagement agenda, forming strategic alliances and partnerships that can develop healthcare and best practices in the obesity therapy area. Experience driving innovation and setting key performance indicators (KPIs) to shape disease state understanding, surface new opportunities, and deliver strategic medical plans that are ambitious for current and future needs.